Milk-bottle receptacle.



A. R. ONNBR & A. A. VBASEY.

MILK BOTTLE RBCEPTAGLB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBS, 1912.

1,053,942. Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C13-.WASHINGTON D. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBER R. CONNER, OF MEREDITI-I CENTER, AND ALBION A. VEASEY, OF BRISTOL,NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MILK-BOTTLE RECEPTACLE.

Application lcd June 6, 1912.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we; AMBER R. CONNER and ALBION A. fn-ism', citizens ofthe United States, residing; respectively, at Meredith Center, Belknapcounty, and Bristol, in the county of Grafton, State of New Hampshire,have invented certain new and useful Improvei'nents in Milk-BottleReceptacles, of which the following is a specilication.

Our invention relates to receptacles for holdingl milk bottles and thelike, and has for its object the provision of a closed receptacleprovided with a door and a locking mechanism for said door by which thedoor may be opened the first time after the lock is set to permitremoval of the empty milk bottles and the reception of the filledbottles and after the door is closed the secend time, the lock isautomatically operated b v the closing of the door to securely fastenthe door in a closed position to prevent it being opened except by theuse of a key.

Our invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the box showing it secured to adoor post; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the box showing the lock inposition after opening` the door without the key; Fig. 3. a similar viewshowing the door locked after having once been open; Fig. at, alongitudinal sectional view of the box showing the lcck in its firstposition, when set so that the door may be opened without the key; Fig.5, a sec-tional view of the door locking mechanism; Fig. 6; aperspective view of the sliding detent; and Fig. 7, a cross section ofthe cam and the key operating mechanism; Fig. S, a fragmental top planview; Fig. 9, a detail view of the cam engaging lever; and Fig. 10, adetail view of the bracket secured to the door.

In the drawings, similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts through the Several views.

Our improved milk receptacle 1 is sho-wn secured to a door post A andhas mounted on the front side thereof a swinging door 2 admitting to theinterior of the box.

Seemed to the inner side of the door 2 is a lock casing 3 havingslidably mounted Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Feb. 18, 1913.

Serial No. 702,128.

therein a locking bolt el. having an upst-anding lug 5 thereon that isadapted to engage a shoulder G on the interior of the casing to limitthe outward movement of the locking` bolt 4.

7 indicates a pin secured to t-he rear side of the shoulder 5 and havingits free terminal slidably mounted in a socket S in the casing 3, 9indicating a coiled spring mounted on the pin 7 and engaging the bolt 4and casing 3 to normally project the locking bolt -1 into a lockingposition.

10 indicates an integral rearward eXtension from the locking bolt elthat is slidably mounted in a socket 11 in the casing 3 and providedwith a notch 12 in its under side, the forwardmost wall of the notch 12being inclined as shown at 13.

11 indicates a lever pivotally secured to the door 2 as shown at 15 andhaving a pin 16 pivotally mounted in a socket 17 in its upper edge thatextends through an opening 18 in the under side of the casing 3 toengage the notch 12 in the rearward extension 10 of the locking bolt4.-.

19 indicates a spring having one of its terminals secured in one of thearms of the lever 14 as shown at 20, while its other terminal is securedas shown at 21 in the pin 16, said spring being adapted to hold thelever 1A and the pin 16 normally in a position to engage the notch 12.

22 indicates an upwardly7 extending projection on the terminal of thelever farthest removed from the spring connection 20 and having itsupper end beveled as shown at 23.

' Secured to the boX 1 adjacent to the door opening is casing2liprovided with two slots designated 25 and 26.

27 indicates a block slidably mounted in the slot 25 and having anelongated notch 28 in its under side to receive a lug 29 eX- tendingupwardly from the lower wall of the slot 25 and its extremity farthestremoved from the locking bolt il having a beveled portion 30 for thepurpose to be hereinafter described.

31 indicates a sliding detent mounted in the slot 26 and held normallyin a retracted position from the door 2 by means of a bowed spring 32secured to the box 1 by means of a suitable fastening 33 and having oneot' its terminals engaging a notch 34: 69 indicates a pin extending fromone terin the lower edge of the detent 3l, while its f other terminalengages the casing 2st,

35 indicates a notch in the upper rear extremity otl the detent 3l andhaving its lower wall beveled laterally as shown at 36.

37 indicates a disk rotatably mounted on the side ot' the box l andspaced apart trom the box by means of a suitable washer 3S, said diskhaving a shoulder 39 'formed thereon and a notch l0 adjacent to saidshoulder. The periphery ot' the disk 37 commencing from the notch Ll()is formed with a cam surface 4l, while the remainder of the periphery otthe disk is concentric with the pintle 42 to which said disk is securedand that is revolubly mounted in an opening -tzl extending through thewasher 3S and the side of the casing l.

le indicates a laterally extending cam on the disk 37 that is 'formedwith inclined surtaces l5 and lo extending toward and away from theshoulder 39 respectively.

The terminal of the pintle 42 is formed rectangular in cross section asshown at 47 and said terminal 47 is mounted in a keyhole slot t8 in thecasing 49 secured to the outer side ot' the box l and is adapted toreceive a suitable key 50 for turning said pintle and with it the disk87. The pintle 42 is secured to said disk by means of a nut or othersuitable fastening 5l and 52 indicates a lateral tlange on said pintlethat en` gages the outer side ot the box l adjacent to the opening t3therein.

53 indicates a spring connecting a pin 54 secured to the inner side otthe box 1 and pin 55 mounted on the disk 37, said spring norn'lallytending t-o rotate said disk.

5G indicates a lever t'ulcrumed at 57 on the box l and having adownwardly extending projection 5S that engages the notch et() in thedisk 37 and is held normally in engagement with said notch by means ot aspring 59 secured to the box l by means ot' a pin GO and having oneterminal engaging the upper edge of the casino' 2st, while its otherterminal engages the under side oit said lever. The termina-l o'tl saidlever 5G farthest removed from the projection 5S is reduced as shown atGl and the upper edge of the lever is provided with a shoulder (SQ, theupper portion of said lever extending rearwardly oi said shoulder (S2being inclined as shown at 63.

G4 indicates an arm having a longitudinal slot therein to receive apivot pin G6 extending from a block (57 that is angular in cross sectionas shown in Fig. 8. rl`he outer side of the arm (ist is formed with anotch (38 on the two sides ot' the slot (35 having its inner surfaceformed convex to admit otl an oscillating movement of said arm G4 onsaid pin 66, the head of said pin. GG riding on said convex surface ofthe notch.

minal of the arm (ist that is adapted to engage the reduced portion G1on the lever 5G, while its other terminal is provided with a` pin 70.

7l indicates a bracket secured to the edge ot' the door 2 and having aninwardly extending projection 72 provided with a notch 7? in its upperedge, having its outer wall inclined upwardly as shown at 7st and theouter portion ot the upper edge ot said projection 72 inclineddownwardly as shown atl 75, 76 indicates a spring secured to saidbracket 7l and extending inwardly of the door over the projection 7 2.

In operation, the lock is set with the parts as shown in F 2 and al.Then in this posit-ion, the projection 5S on the lever 5G engages thenotch 4:0 in the disk 87 and holds said disk against the action ofspring 53 so that the cam all on said disk is in engage ment with theend of the block 27 and holds said block in the position shown in Fig. 5

to prevent the lock bolt el trom entering the slot Q5. t the same time,the detent 3l is held in its retracted position by the spring 32 and thelever 14 is in its uppermost position as shown in said Fig. so that thepin 16 engages the notch l2 in the locking bolt 41 to prevent said boltlfrom moving into a locking position. fit this time, the milk bottleshave been inserted in the receptacle l and the door 2 closed, the disk87 having been rotated by the key 2O to move it into the positionstated, and inclined portion 45 of the cam elli having operated to movethe block Q7 to retract the bolt et to allow the parts to assume thepositions stated. At the same timel the door being closed` the pin onthe arm 64: is in engagement with the notch 73 on the bracket 71 and isheld in engagement with said notch by means ot' the spring 7G, the pinG9 on the other terminal otsaid arm 6l engaging the reduced portion Glon the lever 56, and at this period ot the operation ot the device, theengagement of said pin 70 with the notch 73 operates as a latch toprevent accidental opening of the door Q. Atthis period in the operationof the device, it will be apparent that any one can open the door 2, andwhen said door is open for the removal of the empty milk bottlescontained therein, the pin 70 will ride upwardly on the inclinedport-ion 7% at the outer extremity of the notch 73 and by so doing, willoscillate the lever 5G so that its dowi'iwardly extending end 58 isreleased trom the notch it() in the disks 37 and said disk will bereleased to the operation of the spring 53 and be rotated on the pintle4Q. lhen the disk 37 is rotated as stated, the inclined portion t6 otthe cam .4e by engaging the notch in the detent 3ft will more saiddetent outwardly of the casino` 24 against the resistance of the spring32 and hold it in said outwardly extending position, as shown in Fig. 3.This movement of the disk 37 and cam 44 thereon will also bring theinclined portion 45 of said cam into position so that said inclinedportion will be opposite the inclined surface on the block 2T and thecam 44 will be no longer in position to interfere with the retractilemovement of the block 2T. After inserting the full milk bottles in thereceptacle, the door 2 will be closed, and in closing said door theprojected end of the detent 31 by engaging the beveled portion 23 of theupwardly extending projection 22 on the lever 14 will operate to movethe end of said lever downwardly against the resistance of the spring 19and by such downward movement of the lever, will release the pin 16 fromengaging the notch 12 in the rearward eX- tension 10 of the locking bolt4. W'hen said pin 16 is removed from engagement with the notch 12, itwill be apparent that the locking' bolt 4 will be moved outwardly by theaction of the spring 9 and the end of said locking bolt 4 entering theslot 25 of the casing 24 will hold the door in a locked position. Saidlocking bolt 4 by moving in the locked position as described, operatesto move the block 27 into its rearmost position.

To open the door, when locked as just described, the key 50 is insertedin the slot 48 and into engagement with the end 47 of the pintle 42 andthe disk 37 rotated by said key against the resistance of t-he springvWhen the disk 37 is rotated as stated, the inclined portion 46 of thecam 44 is moved upwardly to permit the spring 82 to withdraw theprojecting terminal of the detent 31 into the casing 24 and at the sametime the inclined portion 45 of said cam engages the beveled portion 30of the block 27 to move said block, and with it the locking bolt 4against the resistance of the spring 9 until the locking bolt assumesthe position shown in Fig. 5 when the pin 16 will be moved upwardly intoengagement with the notch 12 and the parts will be in the position asfirst described.

Having thus described our invention, what. we claim is 1. In combinationwith a receptacle having a swinging door, a locking bolt slidablymounted on said swinging door, means to hold said sliding bolt in aretracted position, a sliding' detent mounted in the receptacle andadapted to move said locking bolt holding means from engagement with thelocking bolt, and means to reciprocate said detent into and out ofengagement with said locking bolt holding means,

2. In combination with a receptacle and a door therefor, a sliding boltmounted on said door, a lever mounted on the door, a pin pivotallysecured to said lever and adapted to engage the locking bolt to hold itin a retracted position, a detent slidably mounted in the receptacle andadapted in one of its positions to engage said lever and move the pinfrom engagement with the locking bolt, and means to reciprocate saiddetent.

3. In combination with a receptacle and a door therefor, a. springactuated sliding bolt mounted on said door and having a notch therein,a. spring actuated lever pivotally mounted on the door, av pin pivotallysecured to said lever and adapted to engage the notch in the lockingbolt, a detent slidably mounted in the receptacle'and adapted in one ofits positions to engage said lever to move the pin from engagement withthe locking bolt, a block also slidably mounted in said receptacle andadapted to engage the locking bolt to retract it against the resistanceof said spring, and means to reciprocate said detent and block. v

4. In combination with a receptacle and a swinging door therefor, aspring actuated locking bolt slidably mounted on said door and having anotch therein, a spring actuated lever pivotally mounted on said doorand having an integral beveled projection, a pin pivotally mounted onsaid lever and adapte-d to engage the notch in the locking bolt, adetent slidably mounted in the receptacle and adapt-ed to engage thebeveled projection on the lever aforesaid in one of its positions, ablock slidably mounted inthe receptacle and adapted to enga-ge thelocking bolt to retract it against the resistance of said spring, aspring secured to said detent and normally tending to retract it fromengagement with the lever aforesaid, a disk revolubly mounted in thereceptacle and having a cam adapted to engage said detent to project itagainst the resistance of said spring and also to engage said block tomove it and the locking` bolt as aforesaid, means to hold said diskstationary, and means operated by the door to release said holdingmeans.

5. In combination with a receptacle and a swinging door therefor, aspring actuated locking` bolt slidably mounted on said door and having anotch therein, means engaging said notch to hold said locking bolt in aretracted position against the resist-ance of said spring, a blockslidably mounted in the receptacle and adapted to engage said lockingbolt to retract it, a detent slidably i mounted in the receptacle andadapted to engage the locking bolt holding means to release it, a springengaging said detent and normally tending to hold said detent out ofengagement with said locking bolt holding means, a spring actuated diskjournaled in said receptacle and having a notch in its periphery, alaterally extending cam on said disk and adapted to engage said blockand detent to move them into their' operative postions, said @amoperating said block and In testimony whereof we affix oui' signadetentby alternative movements of said tures in pre-sence of two Wltnesses.disk a level' fuicrmned in said l'eeeptzicle w T 1 and aenOaOfinO' thenotch in the disk an arm AMBER* 1"' @Olll D D w ALBION A. VEADIU 5pivotally secured 1n the receptacle and endoor to aotuate said arm andmove the level' E. C. MANSFIELD,

gagng said lever, and means secured to said 1 itnesses: from engagementwith the notch in the disk. I BERTRAM BLAISDELL.

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